8 coconut flavoured cocktails to try this World Coconut Day

We don't really need a reason to drink, but World Coconut Day makes for a good excuse. Coconut, with its mild, sweet taste, mixes well with alcohol (especially rum). Here's a list of the best coconut flavoured cocktails you can try.

Coconut cream and coconut milk are used in cocktails more often than coconut water. While canned options of all three are widely available across the market, making them fresh at home is not too hard either.

Pina Colada: The classic beach cocktail in Goa

Here's how you make it.

> 2 ounces rum

> 3 ounces pineapple juice

> 1 ounce coconut milk

> 1 ounce coconut cream

Mix all ingredients and ice in a blender, serve in a tall glass.

Swimming Pool: You should drink a swimming pool tonight

What it contains:

> 1.5 ounces white rum

> 3/4th ounce vodka

> 1/4 ounce Blue Curacao liqueur

> 2 ounces pineapple juice

> 3/4 ounce coconut cream

> 1/4 ounce milk cream

Prepared in a shaker and served in a tulip glass.

Lava Flow: A Hawaiian drink that's delicious as well as so pretty!

Okay, this one's a bit tricky.

> 1 ounce Malibu Rum

> 1 ounce white rum

> 2 ounce pineapple juice

> 2 ounce coconut cream

> 2 strawberries

> 1 banana

Blend the rum and the strawberries until smooth and pour it in a glass. Separately blend the banana, coconut cream, pineapple juice and ice. Now, to create the flowing lava effect, slowly pour the banana blend, white rum and Malibu rum over the blended strawberries. Serve in a collins glass.

Coco Loco: You need to drink lots of these before you can go loco

I'm sold. Need to know how to achieve that.

> 1 ounce rum

> 2 ounce coconut cream

> 2 teaspoons sugar

> 2 ounce milk

Blend all the ingredients in together with some crushed ice. Garnish with cinnamon and serve in an old-fashioned glass.

Chi Chi: As simple as it sounds

What does it take?

> 1.5 ounce vodka

> 2 ounce pineapple juice

> 1 ounce coconut cream

Shake all the ingredients with ice and serve in a tulip glass.

Coco Margarita: Margarita + Pina Colada = Fun tropical cocktail

Let the fun times roll!

> 1.5 ounces tequila

> 1.5 ounce sour mix

> 1 ounce pineapple

> 1.5 ounce fresh lime juice

> 1.5 coconut cream

Shake, shake, shake, that's all it takes. Serve in a margarita glass.

Coco Light Martini: Low-cal and tasty

Quick fix for the carb-conscious.

> 2 ounces coconut water

> 1 ounce vodka

> 1 ounce pineapple juice

> 1/4 ounce fresh lime juice

Just mix it up and serve in a martini glass.

Coco Passion: Much more straightforward than it sounds

Okay, let's get started.

> 2 ounces of rum

> 2 ounces of coconut water

Pour rum and the coconut water over ice in a collins glass.